Statewide County HI Archives Biographies.....Gill, Thomas January 29, 1870 - ************************************************ Copyright. All rights reserved. http://www.usgwarchives.net/copyright.htm http://www.usgwarchives.net/hi/hifiles.htm ************************************************ File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by: J. Orr jessicanorr@gmail.com July 11, 2011, 5:40 pm Source: The Story of Hawaii and Its Builders, Honolulu Star Bulletin, Ltd. Territory of Hawaii, 1925 Author: Edited by George F. Nellist THOMAS GILL, Architect. A projected tour of the world ended in Hawaii on Dec. 9, 1898, when Thomas Gill decided to remain in the islands to practice his profession of architecture. Born Jan. 29, 1870, in Brooklyn, N.Y., he is the son of Dr. Charles Robert Gill and Maria Josefa de Los Delores Andrea Rosa de Jesus Ponce de Leon y Ruiz de Gill. He was educated at a private school in Brooklyn and by a tutor, later attending Brooklyn Polytechnic and Pratt Institute, Brooklyn. Mr. Gill began his career with the firm of Walbridge & Walbridge, architects, of Brooklyn, in 1892. He also practiced his profession in Bellingham, Wash., before starting on the “world tour” that ended at Honolulu, the first port of call. Here he established his own offices, which he has since maintained. He married Katherine Duncan Gregg in November, 1898, and they had one child, Kate Isabel Gill. He married Lorin Tarr Howell, July 5, 1921, and they have one child, Thomas Ponce de Leon Gill. File at: http://files.usgwarchives.net/hi/statewide/bios/gill368bs.txt This file has been created by a form at http://www.poppet.org/hifiles/ File size: 1.7 Kb